Translations
Modern
When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
Traditional
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
Literal
And the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David sent us to you to take you to him as wife.”
Latin
Et venerunt pueri David ad Abigail in Carmelum, et locuti sunt ad eam, dicentes: David misit nos ad te, ut accipiat te sibi in uxorem.
Original
Hebrew
English
When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
Notes
This story about Nabal falls between two accounts in which Saul pursued David and David spared Saul’s life. Nabal was similar to Saul.
Events
People
Abigail: Wife of Nabal, later married David David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ
Places
Carmel: Town in Judah; home of Nabal and Abigail
Glossary
Abigail David John the Baptist Meunim, Meunites Nabal Samuel, Books of First and Second Warfare
Topics
Marriage: Modes of Demanding Women In Polygamy: David Wife: Tactful Abigail